The Border

Stylish, stylized, alternately graceful and gauche, bleak and bemused, laced with often inscrutable layers of metaphor and meaning.

Philadelphia City Paper, USA

A gem of a performance. ★★★★★★

Fædrelandsvennen, Norway

Excellent production that resonates on many levels.

Artsmart, South Africa

The performance

A man and a woman share a workplace. Mutual respect is a virtue but beneath the surface a territorial war is taking place. And the discovery of emotional addiction. To each other, to the game itself, or a vicious mix of both.

With a bit of imagination, yet another level of understanding is possible. Could this troublesome coexistence resemble a classic border dispute between two nations?

The production is a collaboration between Jo Strømgren Kompani and one of the northernmost institutional theatres in the world – Hålogaland Teater in Tromsø. Even though the full panoramic view to the border dispute hotspot of the Arctic region adds a specific relevance, the theme is universal to the core. Border conflicts exist everywhere.

Length: 60 minutes without intervalLanguage: Voiceover versions available in Norwegian, English and Russian. More versions on demand.Premiere: Hålogaland Teater, Tromsø, Norway, September 2011